a10284	Otago v Canterbury
	Shell Cup 1996/97
Venue	Molyneux Park, Alexandra on 1st January 1997 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by 28 runs
Points	Otago 0; Canterbury 2
Umpires	CE King, DR Murdoch
Player of the Match	NJ Astle

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Canterbury innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DJ Murray	c Robinson b Kennedy	1	5	5	-	-	20.00
NJ Astle	c Robinson b O'Connor	114	140	194	11	1	81.43
CZ Harris	c and b Horne	41	93	118	3	-	44.09
SP Fleming	c Horne b Kennedy	18	18	33	-	1	100.00
CL Cairns	c Richardson b Horne	33	24	30	3	1	137.50
CD McMillan	b Kennedy	1	4	11	-	-	25.00
BJK Doody	c Robinson b Kennedy	0	2	3	-	-	0.00
*+LK Germon	run out	5	7	13	-	-	71.43
MW Priest	not out	9	9	10	-	-	100.00
MF Sharpe	did not bat
GI Allott	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 4 nb, 9 w)	27
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Murray), 2-132 (Harris), 3-175 (Fleming), 4-224 (Cairns), 5-230 (Astle), 6-231 (McMillan), 7-232 (Doody), 8-249 (Germon)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
O'Connor	10	1	59	1	1	1	60.00	5.90
Kennedy	10	0	47	4	3	1	15.00	4.70
Morland	9	1	41	0	-	-	-	4.56
Horne	10	1	42	2	-	-	30.00	4.20
Richardson	7	1	29	0	3	-	-	4.14
Maynard	4	0	17	0	2	-	-	4.25

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Otago innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MH Richardson	c and b Harris	43	64	77	6	-	67.19
MP Maynard	lbw b Allott	18	17	22	4	-	105.88
MJ Lamont	lbw b Priest	26	49	68	3	-	53.06
MJ Horne	run out (McMillan)	40	43	39	4	-	93.02
*RA Lawson	run out (Cairns)	7	18	17	1	-	38.89
CB Gaffaney	b Harris	13	21	30	1	-	61.90
AJ Hore	run out	13	25	33	1	-	52.00
+SA Robinson	c Doody b Sharpe	23	34	42	-	-	67.65
SB O'Connor	b Cairns	22	26	28	1	-	84.62
RJ Kennedy	b Sharpe	2	3	3	-	-	66.67
ND Morland	not out	0	0	1	-	-	0.00
Extras	(7 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 49.4 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Maynard), 2-81 (Richardson), 3-101 (Lamont), 4-129 (Lawson), 5-143 (Horne), 6-161 (Gaffaney), 7-175 (Hore), 8-219 (Robinson), 9-219 (O'Connor), 10-221 (Kennedy)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Sharpe	8.4	0	33	2	-	-	26.00	3.81
Allott	8	0	45	1	-	1	48.00	5.62
Cairns	10	0	39	1	-	2	60.00	3.90
Harris	10	0	30	2	-	-	30.00	3.00
Priest	10	0	48	1	1	-	60.00	4.80
McMillan	3	0	19	0	-	-	-	6.33

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Notes
--> AJ Hore made his debut in List A matches
--> SA Robinson made his last appearance in List A matches
--> NJ Astle 50 in 70 balls
--> NJ Astle 100 in 127 balls with 11 fours and 1 six
--> NJ Astle passed 2500 runs in List A matches when he reached 45
--> SB O'Connor passed his previous highest score of 17 in List A matches

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